Photography: Gay MaleGay male photography has blurred the boundaries between art, erotica, and social history and merits recognition for its contribution to fine art, documentation, photo-journalism, and advertising as well as erotica.

French Literature before the Twentieth CenturyFrench Literature before the Nineteenth Century provides sparse examples of homoeroticism, but Nineteenth-Century French Literature witnessed a dramatic increase in representations of same-sex eroticism, a development that can be traced both to literary trends and to historical change.

Transgender Issues and ActivismThe term transgender was most probably coined by Virginia Charles Prince in the 1980s, but people we would now call transgender activists began fighting against oppression and discrimination more than a hundred years ago.

HinduismHinduism is the dominant religion of modern India. Though it is no longer as tolerant of same-sex sexual relations as it seems to have been in the past, Hinduism has inspired glbtq writers and spiritual seekers from both the West and the South Asian Diaspora.

Twentieth-Century European Visual ArtistsMany European artists including Francis Bacon, Marcel Duchamp, David Hockney, Tamara de Lempicka, and Pierre et Gilles focused on queer themes that are crucial in understanding twentieth-century European art.

Re-Turning to the BibleContributor Tony Hoshaw reviews the extensive work of theologian and Chicago Theological Seminary Professor Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. in which Jennings re-reads the Christian Scriptures in a gay-affirming way and expresses his view that Christian homophobia comes from cultural traditions rather than the Bible. &nbspview feature

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Music: Classical, Twentieth CenturyThe term classical music is a convenient shorthand that refers to the body of Western art music, as distinguished from popular or folk music. It is an important component of Western culture to which glbtq people have contributed significantly.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Filmmaker Yony Leyser's documentary William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) introduces Burroughs (1914-1997) as a leading writer who helped construct the Beat Generation, was an important gay icon, inspired the counterculture of the 1960s, and was the muse and godfather of Punk Rock. According to reviewer Wik Wikholm, the film is an excellent and unflinching introduction to Burrough's hard-to-like personality, his importance as a writer and artist, and his influence on American cultural history.